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Finding Your Roots Paperback – December 28, 1998

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352 pages
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TarcherPerigee
Publication date

December 28, 1998
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5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches
ISBN-10

087477943X
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978-0874779431
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When searching family trees, individuals often can't get past the forest of names and information thrown at them. Now, drawing on her own experiences (and revealing her own mistakes for us to avoid), Westin uses a step-by-step method, complete with sample forms and family questionnaires, to gather information. For anyone interested in checking back even one generation, this book will be devoured--especially once readers see how much fun tracking long-lost relatives can be. Westin is particularly good at cautioning would-be genealogists to research whether someone else has actually checked into family history already, thus saving a lot of duplicate work. In addition, she prints hundreds of sources' addresses and e-mail accounts, and points out which are important for names, military histories, and property records. The largest source for genealogists in the world is at the Mormon Church in Salt Lake City, with more than 2.5 billion names. In addition, there are helpful hints on how to write letters to relatives and how to conduct oral interviews. Joe Collins

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ TarcherPerigee; Revised, Expanded edition (December 28, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 087477943X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0874779431
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.5 inches

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Rebecca Miller

Helpful and handy.

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2016

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This volume was a newer printing of my original Finding Your Roots. It's a slightly larger size but no less handy to manage. I'd recommend it to anyone as an essential aid when sleuthing out ancestors.

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PATTY

A good tool to have while studying your family history

Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2015

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I've read many books on Ancestry and how to navigate around it but this book, in particular, I find is the most helpful. A good tool to have while studying your family history.

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Betty Reneau

Finding your Roots

Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2014

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I am very interested in researching all sides of my family by blood and also marriage. This book is very helpful and interesting.

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Mary, Reviewer's Diary

Fun to read and full of great information

Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2008

I'm a beginning genealogist. I have already gathered quite a bit of family information from relatives and was ready to begin going a little further - verifying the information I have and then expanding to older generations. So I got a pile of books from the library (11 of them to be exact). Some were so basic as to be nearly useless. This is one of the books that stood out from the bunch.

First off, it was really fascinating to start reading about the original immigrants to the United States, even before the US was born when our country was referred to only as the New World. From there Westin goes into greater detail with variations of names, origins of names, how to find information from archives, and much more. Though there are not many illustrations, this book uses its pages wisely to entertain and inform.

I enjoyed this book and feel I will use it so much that I am ordering a copy to replace the library book I borrowed. This one is a book for the keeper shelf.

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